A Purposeful Wish for the Coming New Year, 2019

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers, featuring a wish that we end 2018 ready to open 2019 with new purpose. As teachers, our purpose is forever to help children learn. Teachers inspire children to learn on a

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International Attention-Grabber with a Special Purpose

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers, featuring a new international attention-grabber… Meet Rebecca Rothney, Founder and Chairperson of Pack for a Purpose. Pack for a Purpose (PfaP) is a web-based non-profit that links travelers with children

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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years. An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
Quick tips for common classroom conundrums: K-5
Situation: Students are having trouble writing connecting sentences between the beginning, middle and end of a story.

Solution: Show toy airplanes, pretending to make them "take off" across notebook paper. Explain to the class that stories, like airplanes, require clear "flight paths."

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